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ORE faction freighter...any takers?
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Inspiration
#1 - 2012-04-19 21:39:02 UTC
How about giving ORE their own version of a Freighter, more specialized in ore transport then anything else?

Give it a small regular cargo hold, but a very large ORE hold,

Maybe even give it a small corporate hangar, but certainly no mining or other bonuses. It should be quite distinct from both the Orca and regular freighters and it should be a lot better then either in the role of raw or compressed ore/ice transport.

I am serious!

cornholio508
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2012-04-19 22:41:45 UTC
Inspiration wrote:
How about giving ORE their own version of a Freighter, more specialized in ore transport then anything else?

Give it a small regular cargo hold, but a very large ORE hold,

Maybe even give it a small corporate hangar, but certainly no mining or other bonuses. It should be quite distinct from both the Orca and regular freighters and it should be a lot better then either in the role of raw or compressed ore/ice transport.


They already have . Its called the orca and the rorqual .
Inspiration
#3 - 2012-04-19 22:45:13 UTC
cornholio508 wrote:
Inspiration wrote:
How about giving ORE their own version of a Freighter, more specialized in ore transport then anything else?

Give it a small regular cargo hold, but a very large ORE hold,

Maybe even give it a small corporate hangar, but certainly no mining or other bonuses. It should be quite distinct from both the Orca and regular freighters and it should be a lot better then either in the role of raw or compressed ore/ice transport.


They already have . Its called the orca and the rorqual .



Apparently reading is not your strong suite. An Orca comes not even close to the hauling capacity of a freighter and a freighter is still quite pathetic at hauling ores over large distances, simply due to the bulkiness of ores. Never mind the rorqual, that can;t even go in high sec.

Besides the Orca and the Rorquel both have a different role then hauling, they are fleet bonus ships in the first place and they contain as much ore storage space as needed to make them functional on the field. Nothing more!

I am serious!

leviticus ander
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-04-20 05:48:16 UTC
it would be cool. and if you were to just go with a massive ore hold (like 2-4mil M3) then it would be worth it over just using a freighter. then with the same concept we have today, make a T2 jump version of it capable of something like 1mil M3 with the same jump stats as the JFs we have today and a similar or equal fuel hold.
this way, you would actually be filling a role that is kind of being filled by the rorqual, but not too well.
the size is acceptable as you can't use it to haul capitals around (except in ore form [which is perfectly fine by the reasoning that CCP originally put the limitation in for]). and same with the jump freighter, give you massive transportation capability over anything else out there currently.
Skippermonkey
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-04-20 12:07:47 UTC
not needed

COME AT ME BRO

I'LL JUST BE DOCKED IN THIS STATION